Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Brazil is quite possibly the most exciting investment market in the world today. It is currently the world's 9th largest economy and accounts for over 40% of South America's total GDP. Afterachieving Investment Grade in 2008, Brazil is widely predicted to be amongst the economic leaders of the future, along with Russia, India and China.

Manufacturing industries in Brazil are thriving and the latest oil and gas discoveries, combinedwith the fact that Brazil is already the leading producer of ethanol in the world, has firmly catapulted the country to energy self-sufficiency.

Interest rates are at an all-time low and inflation is stable. The private sector is thriving and investment is flooding in.With this rapid pace of development in the Brazilian economy there is a growing national housing shortage. It is estimated that there is a current deficit of 8 million units, and Brazil's growing middle classes (expected to increase by 64% by 2015) are further pushing up demand.Couple this with the increasing availability of mortgage products, which is opening up the market to millions of Brazilians who have previously been unable to get onto the property ladder and you have a remarkably strong onward sales market with the potential for great capital gain.

In addition to all of this Brazil has been selected to host the 2014 Football World Cup which will have a direct, positive impact on the country's and host cities' infrastructure, tax base, tourism stream and hospitality revenues. Brazil's GDP will not only experience substantial gains in 2014, but will also show gains in the following years, due to the pay off of public and private investment in facilities and infrastructure.

Why North-East Brazil?

Widely predicted to be amongst the economic leaders of the future, along with Russia, India andChina

Huge improvements brought by President Lula, including a decrease in inflation to an all-time low of 5.7%

Expected to become self-sufficient for oil within the next year

Increase of thriving manufacturing industries

Annual property price increases of over 20% in the North-East

Foreign investment actively encouraged

Favourable currency exchange, making it cheap for foreigners to invest

Low property maintenance costs

Cost of living a mere 20% of the UK/Europe Expanding internal air network and direct flights to Europe and the US Government dedicated to foreign tourism - annual tourist numbers have risen by almost 100% since 2005 and over 250,000 new jobs have been created for the Brazilian market

Located just south of the Equator, offering year round sunshine, with average daytime temperaturesof 27ºC

Great natural beauty with fantastic scenery and over 7,000 km of beaches

Friendly nature of the Brazilian people - rich culture, vibrant cities, carnivals and music

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

All the players in Brazil´s national team dissaprove of the Jabulani ball, that will be used during the matches of the next World Cup. Julio Cesar, the goalkeeper, said that the ball makes unusual curves in the air and does not have a straight trajectory when kicked. Luis fabiano said that the Jabulani ball made by Adidas is similar to those cheap balls that are sold in supermarkets. Meanwhile the home team and England appointed their final lists of 23 players. Carlos Alberto Parreira rejected Benny MacCarthy, while Fabio Capello shocked the world by leaving out Theo Walcott, England´s most famous player. This is the official list published today: